And, I have links for the BBC 4 radio plays that I thought weren't available to US audiences. Apparently they are, fortunately. At the end of the post.
So, the official difference between coming soon in the UK and coming soon in the US has been established.
It's 14 days.
So it's not actually a day and date concurrent airing in the US and UK! You can wait two weeks, right? You can't? What, are you 12, is the adolescent in you screaming "No daddy, I wanna see Torchwood now" like some petulant little Veruca Salt in front of a flock of geese that lay golden eggs?"
Yeah, I know. Me too!
More in the last couple days from The Stage UK from their Torchwood week series of interviews, including Eve and John getting us all pumped for the five-night sci fi thriller of an event. But first, let's go to Kai Owen, our loveable British bear Rhys, the luckiest guy in all of Cardiff (he got Gwen, who I certainly want by my side when the rift causes its usual chaos.
The Welsh actor, who plays Gwen's love interest Rhys, said the cast are just waiting for the go-ahead.
"Waiting for the nod, hopefully it will be happening - nothing has been confirmed yet but I'd do it forever, it's a brilliant job," he said.
Kai continued: "I mean, it gets better after that first episode as well, it makes you want to watch the other four and they get better and better and better, episode five is so phenomenal, so it's got to happen again."
So there's that.
Next Eve talks about a more vulnerable Torchwood in her interview with The Stage's Scott Matthewman:
It seems a much more vulnerable Torchwood this year.
It’s great. The more challenges Torchwood has to face, the funnier it gets. You put a challenge in front of them, and they have no choice but to overcome that obstacle. The way they overcome some of those obstacles this year is very funny, very cheeky, they break the law. They do what they have to do to do their job. Whatever it takes. Because the consequence is saving mankind.
Talking of the humour, the level of humour just in the first episode does seem to be a contrast from the latter episodes of Season 2.
Yes, Well, there was such a heavy ending last year with everybody in mourning. With the first episode, there’s so much danger, and so much exposition for the rest of the series. Everybody knows how Jack is now, everybody knows who Gwen and Ianto are. You’ve just got to chuck the humour at the audience so that it balances out the horror of what’s to come.
And finally, back to the intrepid immortal Captain Jack. Barroman comments on returning to the show without two good friends in tow, again to Matthewman:
How does the team dynamic feel now that you’ve lost Naoko Mori and Burn Gorman?
Eve, Gareth and I will always miss them. That’s one thing we wanted to make sure in the show, that we have a little moment. Because they were there with us since day one, and they were part of of the beginning of Torchwood, and they’ll always be part of Torchwood. Although they’re not there physically, they are there in spirit. And they do get mentioned at times throughout. Just as at the end of the last series of Doctor Who, where it was Tosh who had created the time bubble to save Gwen and Ianto. So there are little bits like that all the time.
Finally, with a hat tip to AfterElton.com today, we have links to the BBC radio plays that serve to pump you up for the miniseries, and you can click directly to the BBC Radio 4 site for that at this link.
Start with Asylum, then proceed to Golden Age and then finish up with The Dead Line.
Finally, at ThisIsSouthWales.com, they have the cutest li'l story about the cutest li'l girl named Aimee Davies who was plucked from a Gorseinon schoolyard to play Ianto's niece in the series. There's also the cutest li'l picture of her and Eve on that page that you gotta see. What a cutie!
And, not to ignore the li'l boys, there's something at Barry Today (home of our friend Nessa and the gang from Gavin & Stacy) about a cute li'l boy named Luke Perry (no, not THAT one) who also has a role in this series playing Ianto's nephew.
So, I guess there's lots from the Jones family in this epic tale, which all starts in the US on July 20. While I am still quite flummoxed by not seeing any member of the cast on a US chat show or even the showbiz shows, I will do everything I can to get you to watch it.
July 6 thru 10, BBC One and BBC HD.
July 20, possibly in HD if your cable or satellite provider isn't too lame. BBC America.
Hey Time Warner Cable, what's the deal, people? Yes or no?
After the jump, over six minutes of Eve Myles being interviewed by the folks at Digital Spy UK. It's only somewhat spoilery in the most general sense, so be slightly warned.
